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n' Sun. c -inset 7:03 I Lion, sanrisc 7:03 CWeather on Page 5) j !. 1 v. . PCUND2D 1651 iVV VS 1 V . I V VW m. m ... - ... . m In Indiana a; few weeks ago a - legionnaire attended a . memorial service f or a youth o his town, the first local boy killed in action in thU world "war. The veteran's mind was working as 7 he sat .throueh the service, and later he set down his thoughts in a letter to the" "Redbook" magazine. He . wrote Zv ' ; '--z i " ZZl- . - Z "As I sat in the church with : the faithful few who would miss Edward in the! morning, a chal lenge came JoJ me: -Here: was c a boy whom I never knew, yet he went to his death that I might -enjoy .this -land of ours and aU its wonderful opportunities Am I worth dying "for? Are you worth dying for? .' . - "I cannot truthfully say "Yes' to this question. I can. only hope that as the burdens and sorrows of this war ' bear down on us, I : may never fail' to hear that chal lenge, "fend that I may try to" do my part honestly and unselfishly." , That indeed was a rare confes sion, which deserves the reflec-. -tion.of all -stay-at-homes: "Am I worth dying for?" Our indivadual. answers - would undoubtedly , be "No;" and most older folk would : , genuinely prefer to do the dying if their sons might be spared. The consciousness that youth are-making the supreme sacrifice for us ought : to quicken our own pat riotism and rebuke our. own greed which is manifest .in many ways. There is no doubt" that the sol dier personalizes his labor' and his .risk. He feels the is fighting - for .bis women-folk, his wife and cbil- '.dren, if- he-has them, his sweet- .heart, his mother for the old home. The instinct of protection of loved ones, innate in the breast of almost every man, inspires him ito feats of daring and sustains him when bullets fly thick about him. 'And the reflex , of : that, it may -be added,-is- why our women-folk are intensely patriotic, why they tott long hoursat Red Cross, at USO or at other war projects. The affection they cannot directly ex press to their absent soldier rela tives or lovers they channel into - work that will, help win the war and bring "them back. : : ? V Some:-have doubted If the men in the service were really aware f the war's longer issues. Drew Middleton. New York Times cor respondent : in LJNorth 'Africa,; has reported that to many of the men lighting there the war was a dis agreeable -chore, and that they were most eager to "get the mess , over with and get back , home." Th trti trVi ViMaiic it was thpir -duty, or had become their trade. victory to tnem meant aiscnarge (Continued on editorial" page) , Nazis Inspire Propaganda HPeace Rumors . By WILLIAM SMITH WHITE : 'LONDON, Sept. ? 25-;P-While the breath of military disaster blew cold upon - their necks in Russia .today, . the Germans went ' to work on another propaganda campaign! featuring peace rumors - f rommany quarters. i - - Highlighting the . nazi-ihspired web of rumor was the report from neutral Spain ' that the . satellite Rumanians had sent ; representa tives to -Turkey, .to negotiate an armistice withthe allies. . . . : The-main, purpose of the week--end campaign appeared to be to ; frighten the allies into the belief that some sort of nazi peace with - A report - that Germany itself .was- throwing; out" peace feelers - Tin every direction was brought to London by a traveler from the : Mediterranean area. v , The . London Daily Express, un der the heading "Goebbels starts new peace lie," reported that the Germans had begun to whisper in the Balkans that they were with drawing ' from, Russia by agree ment with the soviet government ' - Having withdrawn to a short line jbetween Russia and Poland so ran this German story Hit ler would be: in favorable posi tion to talk peace with Premier Stalin and draw 2,000,000 men out . of -the -east to : confront the allies . in the west and soutn.- This was described here as - "sheer fantasy. There was not a . single bit of information suggest ing the existence of any genuine -German peace proposal to any- body. - Hm am a1 ln vt o i 1 n - ' - rrcuuu, viuuoiuci Civilian War Head ALGIERS, Sept 25 MJPf The French . national .committee dis cussed at length today : the ap pointment of a civilian war min ister and a reliable informant said that action ori. ther appointment which j involved : controversy within the committee '? over , the Corsican campaign was defer red until the next session on won - It was predicted reliably that Monday's session wilt see a civil ian appointment,, tae commute thus acceding to Gen. Charles de .Gaulle's demand for civilian - su premacy in the direction of the broad political aspects in the con- . duct of the, war , inriTTY TXSSD YEAR. Me&. 77T '-: a. . FromSiimolhiJtsk Invaders Follow Napoleonic Retreat line; Reds Crack -Points Along Dnieper River 'A '' ' By JAMES M. LONG LONDON, Sunday; Sept. 26 (AP) Soviet columns pounded on past captured Smolensk, the red army's great est 1943 victory, in pursuit of the fleeinjf Germans, Moscow dispatches said today, a some reports' said Russian spear heads had cracked the sr'eat JDnieper river line at a half dozen points i from Smolensk to tottering Kiev. - , An Associated Press "dfaptch front Moscow said Gen. Vassily- Sokolovsky's troops which battered down the last German defenses. of Smolensk and RoslavL 46 miles to the ies 111 on Japs at ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE" SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Sunday, Sept S--Gen Douglas MacArthur, announced today that Australian troops have fought their way against Japanese opposition across the Bum! river, within three quarters cl a mile of the enemy air and supply deppt base of rinschhafen, New Guinea. The south shore beachhead was firmly established and the Aussies drove steadily toward the town, which is on the Huon peninsula ordy 75; miles from Japan's stra tegic island of New Britain. V.nemy resistance was bitter. The Japanese airforce, which lost more than 40 planes last Wed nesday trying, if break up he Aus tralians ' in their ampnioious lanar ings six miles north of Finsch haf en, tried to hamper the drive but outnumbered Lightnings turned back a strong enemy for mation.; "Our ground forces in the face of enemy opposition effected a crossing of the Bumi river and are driving soutn lowara we town," today's communique said. "Our fighters intercepted a force of nine enemy bombers cov ered by 30 fighters approaching to attack our ground troops. The enemy j planes were " forced , to jettison I their bombs harmlessly before reaching the target. One enemy fighter was shot down and another: probably destroyed. We lost two fighters. , This air action occurred Friday after the Bumi had been crossed. Progress south of the river has been slowed up by difficult coun try as well as the enemy opposi uon. : . . . .;,: The communique reported air force action against Japanese shipping. : In a favorite , hunting ground- for enemy .vessels ? near Kavieng, : New Ireland, four-en-gined reconnaissance planes sank a 2000-ton cargo ship. Off the same island near Cape St. George, an enemy cruiser was attacked and three medium cargo vessels 'were bombed in the" north Solomons - area but these were night actions and results were not determined. The Australians bidding for Finschhaf en already have captur ed the: air field and capture of the town would run the solid line of New Guinea coast 'in MacAr thur'a I hands an . additional 60 miles from Lae to Finschhaf en. Hey drich Heir To jRule Danes STOCKHOLM, Sept. 23-pP) Col. Gen. of Police Kurt Daleuge, iron-fisted . nazi .trouble shooter, in succession to the slain Rein hard Heydrich, is expected to take over authority in Denmark as reich's governor soon after the birthday of King Christian X to morrow,, it was reported here to day.:. I .:: ;v " v 7- Danes here said that Daleuge had been in Copenhagen - since Thursday. His appointment would mean the introduction of the nazi SS elite guard regime in Denmark which still js torn by sabotage and violence.- : - : -. ? :":t:v . Daleuge had served as" acting deputy reich's protector, in the Bohemia-Moravia a r e a , of old Czechoslovakia rsince Heydrich's assassination. Hi:''-; --1.777:7- r Danish leaders of the major po litical : parties and the Eric Sca- vemus cabinet I are said to have refused a second German attempt to get them to form a new gov ernment. ; The refusal was given with the approval of King Chris tian who with Queen Alexandrine is still a prisoner in Sorgenfri castle. .,... . .-. - Finschliaien SO PAGES 'sue 'ffe&inig-zi south, pressed on immediately along the Moscow-Minsk- highway which Napoleon traveled in and out of Russia. " - They were aimiag now at Or sha, 6S miles beyond - the fallen central front bastion, aad'aJse at Vitebsk the hichway W Latvia. At Vitebsk, 75 , miles northwest ef Smolensk, the Ger mans have erected powerful de- i f eases arvand the Vitebsk lakes. Moscow shook with the thunder of 224 guns saluting the 'victory and crowds cheered the broadcast of Premier Marshal Josech Sta- lins order of the day calling Smp-, lensk "the most important stra tegic center of German defenses in the western direction." A brilliant display of fireworks lit up the chilly streets of the capital as crowds shouted "Smo lensk is Soviet? The Moscow communique, re corded by the Soviet monitor, said Sokolovsky's troops dislodged the Germans from the fortifications covering the approaches to Smo lensk and then broke Into , the northern outskirts of the once vi tal nazi stronghold on Friday. : "Fierce street fighting ensued. By the end of the day the whole northern part of the : city had been cleared of the enemy. This morning (Saturday) the city was carried by assault. ' "In this way Smolensk, the most important enemy center of resistance, has been 1 liberated from the Germans." The capture of Smolensk turned the northern flank of the Dnieper river line the Ger mans -fence expected to hold as an east wall deep In Russia.' No natural obstacles bar a Rus (Turn to Page 2 Story B) City, County Schools Open Tomorrow More than 5000 boys and girls will trudge to Salon public ; and parochial schools Monday as the fall term opens. Another 8000 to 9000 are expected to attend rural schools of Marion county. From hopyards and prune or chards, with memories of straw berry patches and beanfields, they will answer the call to classes. Some youngsters may return to finish the crop harvest, but all. with the exception of those .work ing In . the canneries, have been asked to appear, for enrollment day. - r r, Not just the canneries but oth er more permanent defense tasks and the armed services will have, cut high school attendance here, Supt. Frank B. Bennett believes, although grade and - junior high schools may show an increase ov er the past year's registration. "-;' . Every vacancy oh the teaching staff of . public schools had been filled by Saturday, with 'emplay ment of Mrs. Bernard J. (Caro line) Butler to succeed "Mrs." Lois Beck, resigned, at Parrish junior high school. Mrs. Butler taught in Kelso, Wash, last year. J i School buses will operate 'over regular routes Monday, and all elementary schools will open at 9 a.m. . .. - Hannover Raid J History's Biggest ! NEW YORK, Sept 25 -(fl-The British information ' service : said tonight that the RAFs raid Wed nesday night on Hannover, Ger many was the greatest bombing attack in the history of air war fare. 7 .: . " 77- 7: I :-7'il7" In a devastating 33 minutes, the announcement . said.: a total : of 2333 tons 4 of high : explosives smashed down on the Industrial city, or approximately 70 tons a minute. ' . .4 ; v The previous record assault was on the night of July 27-28 when SI tons a minute were dropped on Hamburg, the information service Salem, Oregon, Campaign In ;Firial .. Stretch Marion County f Has 1,528,000 I To Go in Bonds It's the last quarter, folks, and the ball is-on the 1,528,000-yard line. Each yard represents a dol lar's worth of Invasion bonds, ma turity value, that will have to be bought if Marion county is to. score a touchdown in the third war loan campaign before the timekeeper's gun is fired next Saturday..; The situation calls for some thing spectacular, and it's no se cret that at least four scoring plays will be called. Possibly the biggest of these will be the windup rally Friday night in Salem but since its details have not been revealed, the spotlight currently falls upon the two events Tuesday. night.fn. Of. course, tile wrestling1 party at the Salem : armory,' at which live, flesh-and-blood wrestlers will be auctioned, off in a manner rem iniscent of the slave market in the Old south,- is more fully described on the sports page,. Silverton's big auction, likewise Tuesday night,'may. turn into an 'over the top celebration, for Jack Spencer, chairman for the Silverton district, announced Sat urday that the total to date was in excess of $180,000 with $60,000 yet to gdf Largest single purchase of the week, 510,000 was made by the city. . : . I -. - ; Silverton merchants have been generous ! in their ' donations for the auction, and the articles in (Turn to Page 2 Story E) Meet Looks To Farmers5 Market Here Persons and representatives ' of organizations . interested in - estah- lishment.of a farmers market in or hear the downtown area of Sa lem have been called to meet at the chamber of commerce Friday night with a special council com mittee to discuss type and loca tion desired, 'Alderman Albert H. Gille, chairman of the committee, announced Saturday. The hour for the session has been tentatively set as 8 pjn. and may be shifted in an attempt not to . compete with the bond ; sales rally. The committee, in session Friday night, decided that inter est in establishment of such a market seemed . general and con siderable and; that details could best . be worked out after open and public expression of opinions, desires and suggestions had been made. 'M' While : the committee has one location under consideration, it does not plan to act until other possibilities, have been determin ed, Gille said, pointing out that even then its action would be in the nature of a report and : rec ommendation to the council. Germans Again Occupying Bulgaria 7 ISTANBUL, Sept 25-(Delayed) (V- The Germans are reoccupy ing Bulgariar in force and their minister : to Sofia has become vir tual gauleiter, according . to the first authentic account of condi tions to reach here since the death of King Boris smoothed the way to a ' hew nazi -dicta ted govern ment ? . . ; . Billion-Dollar Subsidy 7 Looms in FoocL &ro&rajn Bjr OVTD A. MARTIN If WASHINGTON, - Sept HZifPi The administration was disclosed today to be seeking a billion-dollar fund to finance a 1944 MaH- out" food program through nriee- supporting crop loans and sub sidies designed to .guarantee far mers prices, which would encour age maximum-output 7 A . highlj-placed 'official, said that Administrator Marvin Jones plans to go before the senate and house - banking committees , next week with a request that the war food administration be ' given au thority J to proceed with a 1 pro-" gram which would use subsidies to,, avert . increases in consumer food prices, ti 1-:'."-v :Z'' The request will be made in the face of the fact that "members of the senate banking and agricul ture committees told Jones at a recent hearing that they - believe congress is overwhelmingly, op posed : to the use of subsidies to avoid increases in consumer prices. .: . Although - earlier today there Sunday Morning. September 25, Appointed 1 - 1 ,- ? i . .-.:.::.: . ' ':z. .-Z-Z. LiilM 1111 mi r-TTrri-- ill n rn nri mat EDWARD R.VSTETTTNIUS, Jrl Soviet Envoy To Join Allied ..'V"1' " ' ' " Gonimission LONDON, Sunday," Sept 25-(JP) The soviet : foreign affairs infor mation bureau today announced it had appointed Andrt G. Vish insky, , soviet vice commissar of foreign affairs, as its representa tive to the new inter-allied Medi terranean ; commission and; re vealed that the commission will have its headquarters in Algiers. l.The announcement, broadcast by Moscow radio and recorded, by the : soviet -monitor, said Harold MacMillan, ! resident minister for allied headquarters In north Afri ca, would be the British represen tative. The United States dele gate, it added, is expected to be named soon.' . . : : jrThe commission, which will ex amine; 'questions arising from the armistice with Italy and from oth efjirrritories liberated by the allies,-will also include a represen tative of the French committee of national liberation.' Bombers Blast Nazi Targets By the Associated Press LONDON, Sept 25-jypfAme-rican Marauder , bombers blasted the Longuenesse airfield at St Omer in northern- France today and British planes attacked "rail and .water transport targets' in northern' France and Belgium and sank a medium sized supply .ves sel off Den Helder in north Hol land, it was announced tonight Allied Spitfires " escorted "the US eighth ; air- force bombers on the St Omer raid which was ac complished without the loss of a plane by "the attacking; force,' a joint British air ministry-US ar my communique said. - " ' : The supply vessel sunk, off. Den Helder was hit by a torped from an RAFJBeaufighterr-thercoas tal command escorted by Spitfires. I More than a dozen locomotives and several barges were damaged In the offensive patrols over Bel- gium and northern France carried out by f Mustangs, Typhoons -and Spitfires. .Fighter command Mos quitoes destroyed two Junkers, 88s this afternoon. Two coastal com mand and three fighter command planes are missing from these op erations, the air ministry; com munique said, f . . - - - 'I: were indications that -administration leaders in congress hoped to head off. an 'open "fight, over sub sidies,' the decision to ask for ad ditional funds indicated that Presi dent Roosevelt and his economic advisers have decided to stand firm on and fight for, if neces-i sary the administration's present anti-inllation program designed to stabilize prices," insofar as pos sible, , at the September, - 1942, level. , r t - ' Further evidence to this effect is provided ; by a r WFA anhouce- ment today of an emergency $65,- 000,000 milk subsidy program to go Into effect October - r, for a three month period. Milk produc ers will be paid subsidies ranging from 25 to 50 cents per hundred pounds of milk; marketed. These payments : are: intended to. com pensate dairymen for increases in dairy feed prices since September, 1942. In announcing the milk sub sidy, the WFA said dairy produc tion was endangered unless re turns to milk producers . are in creased. IS 3 I ' ' - - C - Crowley to Fill New Foreign Economic Post h I "WASHINGTON, Sept 25 W) President Roosevelt announced tonight the resignation of Sum ner Welles as under secretary of state and the appointment of Edward Bv Stettinius, jr lend lease administrator to succeed him. Mr. Roosevelt also announced the establishment of a new office! of - foreign ' economic administra tion, with Leo T. Crowley; who4ias been in charge' x& the "office "of econorme Twarfareras: itsrdirsctor.: The president said in a statement the new: agency : would ; "central ize all . foreign' economic functions in one -operating ageneyf' enmbin ing activities formerly engaged in by me offices of lend-lease adminf istration, - foreign relief i and Te habilitation : operations and. econ omic .warfare .;r- :z r Welles resignation,, which had been.-forecast.for some time,' yas accepted by Mr. Roosevelt be said, "with deep and sincere regret ' . The president said the career diplomat had advise him -ef his desire t be relieved of his r heavy governmental : datiert br view "ef his wife death and -that he "could understand and sympathize with that desire.?. ' " Of Stettinius' appointment,' Mr. Roosevelt said ;his broad experi ence with our allies both before and after Pearl Harbor as lend lease administrator and his long experience as an executive in business, splendidly equipped him for his new post" - - The transfer ef StettmTns C the state department as second b command was som'etaiBg of a , 'sarprbe. His name had sot been 'prominently mentioned in pe--culatlon about" AVeUesV succes sor, , ' -'-- ,Z', t ; Commending Welles' - lengthy service in the -state department Mr. Roosevelt said he had served the : government "with unfailing devotion, for many years.". "7 With reference. , to ; Crowley's designation as director of the of fice of foreign economic adminis tration, the . chief executive said he. was; one of the. best adminis trators in. or out " of governmerrt and.'"I fincL' great .satis! action in promoting him to a position which will 'centralize all foreign . func tions in one operating agency." : , Former " Governor Herbert ' Lehman of New York, who has "headed the office of foreign re lief and rehabilitation, has been, named a special assistant to the president to perfect plans for a United Nations meeting on No-" vember 9 to consider the prob lem of long-range world relief. . CTurn to Page 2 Story D' Moscow Trip ; For Hull Seen l As Probable V -- . ' - -- By RICHARD MASSOCK . WASHINGTON. Sept 25 -UPl High importance' of the Moscow' conference on American-British- Soviet war and post-war collabor ation appeared increasingly likely tonight i to bring attendance of Secretary. of State Cordell HullJ -While. HtU-Wldrifreporters' after a meeting' with Ambassador William IL Standley and Presi-; dent Roosevelt that neither he nor the government had reached the question of whether- he would go to 'Moscow; some of the secretary's asodates termed his presence "im perative. :-:1-7 i -y""r"i ""-'7-; -7;-'7.:7-7 It - also - appeared . possible - that a new - ambassador would acconv- nahv the 'American delegation. since Standley -intends to resign his post without ' returning. De termined to get but of diplomacy, the admiral said goodbye to For eign Commissar Kolotov when be took leave of the Soviet capital a few. days ago. :A- - j : W. Averill Harriman, lend-lease expediter -at London, is expected to succeed Standley. He attended the conference with Hull and Standley which the ; secretary in terrupted ; to go to . the White House. -' t ' f . Harriman and othershave been- mentioned : forthe leadership : of the: American coriferencff delega tion. Britain will be represented by Foreign Secretary Anthony Ed en. J l7: .. - . i : . An apparent Soviet .desire ' to collaborate with the unitea states and Great Britain has been report ed - to the ' state department and high officials have expressed the view that the meeting calls for an American diplomat of cabinet rank on a par with that bf Molotov and Eden. - - - ' Trie Se . ' - o"'l "' FfoM Fcd Clark's Forces Drive Against Nazi Moiintain Defenses; Tiloro Than 200 0 Prisoners Taken By NOLAND 25-4.(AP)pJA field. dispatch tonight reported that forces cf the British Eighth army had advanced up the east coast o? Italy to the Ofanto river, only 30 mUes short of the. net-' workprnazia t, ,rThe;c;rpatch, written by Associated Press War, Correspondent-Dankl -De. Lace Friday, sa that the town Jot Canosa, a dozen miles' Inland' from the Adriatic, was even then in hVliahds of an advance guard. 7' : ' ' , - Zl 54 Th& jrepresentecl further drive of 23 miles from Jfol.r fetta, coastal town 15 mi above Bari where the troops of Ck;n. SirBeraart Montce . ; ack German -j -r.il ' .?-2.-".: I Atthclis at Split ' LONDON, Sept. Yugo slav patriot armies have hurled back several mot e; German at tacks on the strategic Adriatic port of Split, still hold the greater part of: Susak in. the north, and have killed hundreds of the ene my and ' destroyed an armored train, tanks and other equipment, a communique said tonight 7 Vrhe -fenemy-; suffered "heavy I losses : in the effort to regain Split,', said a Yugoslav; liberation army bulletin issued her e.-The port could serve as, a bridgehead for. an .allied. invasion of the Bal kans, and amid reports of spread-J ing unrest la. that shakfly-h eld "back door' to Germany there were increasing indications ; that the Yugoslav fighting had grown out of the guerrilla stage to a major operation, possibly directed by the allied high command. ; .. Susak, a port city" adjoiningFi- j time, : was seized 16 days ago-' by the patriots, and tonight's bulletin said. street fighting- was continu- j ing.- - t -... 7S.7;7:"-'; 7'':7 ;.-: t yyw'"' At Gorizia, north of Italian Tri este, - Slovenian troops wert. saur; to have yielded the airfield there j under heavy German pressure, J but Before - withdrawing ;they j knocked 'tout one enemy 'armored train and - ' several : tanks. v7The fight still swirl outside toe city. ' Pouncing onv t h e Zagreb-Belgrade railroad Other units derailed one axis train and blew tip more than a ' mile of trackage . between B rod f and : Vinkovci, killin 20 Germans, cap tg ring , seven;:, and destroying, an engine, 2S freight cars MthW vclesT ' "?! : .".A Gernaan .tank eoiumn was routed V feear" Idria ' by. Slovene partisans, 'the communique' said, and " in'- the province ' of Iika , in Dalmatia ZOO Germans were kill ed and booty captured :.in a suc cessful fight along the Bihac-Knin line. ; i. -7 : , . , 7' i An Istanbul dispatch said Greek guerrilla . chieftains had conferred recently with . allied middle east military officials at an undisclosed place, -and as a , result ,will. meet shortly-with Gert, Draja .Mihailo vic or his representatives some where in Yugoslavia to plan joint tactics J against . axis , occupation troops. . , . ,..-. ' " (A BBC report from Cairo said the 7: Germans had -burned .down one village and are busy collect ing hostages ,; In Messenia . prov ince in southern Greece after Greek mountaineers there had at tacked German troops. The broad cast was heard by CBS). 7- Realtors Study Rentals Here "An imDartial Investigation of conditions of rentals, and housing problems in Salem" was promised by the Salem Realty board's rent committee Saturday afternoon fol lowing a' meeting 'with-W. H. Bail lie, manager of the JJS employ ment service officer here, and B. R. Boardman, director of the Che meketastreet USO. g ' ? ' The investigation -i be con ducted "in an effort J furnish the OPA with imri 4ant facts that they may assist OPA In de termining whether or not rent con trol is necessary in Salem, W. G. Hardvi chairman of : the - board committee said. Other members of the committee are C. V. Johnson and George Alderin. . . .. . . r:o. in T?o 71 "T . NORGAARD - i To Canosa, back from the OfaateV mmmXh ba the Adriatic, 7 the' river, .new -: is f irady. een-; - trolled by the eighth army ad-: - vaaee gnard, De Lace repert- ed.,;v :,. ,... 7-,:,.;- , v ,x. ; Two ? bridges across the river ? were found blown' up by th withdrawing Germans, but' this hindered the advancing eiahth troops only slightly. . . . ; Only light German forces haw been holding-, the - Adriatic coast in the vicinity of Bari, the dis. patch continued, "the! renewed) eighth army advance has swept the enemy back . upon Foggia with extremely few -British cas ualties. ! ' 7 : ;. De Luce added . that the Foggia airbase, . often bombedby 1 alliedj aircraft, has coteeiT used in, some . time - by . the German ais force and tnat there was not a sign of anj enemy - plane in the sky over tbfe eastern coast ... ' Meanwhile, across the peninsu-. la. . at the- Salerno springboard- American - and British - groundt forces1 have smashed their way tt the mountain tops guarding -th smoke-filled plain of Naples." - The ; American : fifth army pressed its eBsIanght day and night against the strong German mountain defense line. The to tal ef nasi prisoners taken since . FX Gen. . ; Mark W. Clark's forces landed at Salerno rose to well over. ZOOI. 7. The going was slow for the al lied attackers, . who sweated utf . steep hillsides with mules carry ing .guns and ammunition where neither trucks nor ,t a n k s could travel. - . .' Z.. , But the. soldiers who toiled on. rooting . Out. German strongholds as they went, had the satisfactioa of looking down from the moun tain tops today . on low country t (Turn -to Page 2 Story A) vSoLnilE THIRD WAR LOAN T1IERMOMETER -5 Million Marion quota . S.931,tt -Lane quota -4 Millioa -3 MiHion 2 Million .1 MiUioa LANE MAHION TO DATE Marion . i..$3,403,CCD Lane $3,C01,C32 (Lane total compiled at noon, Marion total at close ef day's sales.) - .